U-shaped track-fastening.



l @amm A. H. MOPFET.

Ill-SHAPED TRACK FASTBNING.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. s. 1911.

L,l4,@83 Patented Jan.9,1912.

[./VVENTOR4 WTNESSES Fl GT l Allorney wir t 1Q# om: ,P'irirrvWt/i. Tr i ria ALVUS H. MOFFET, OF LARNED, KANSAS U-SHAPED TPCK-FASTENMWG,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

l' Application .tiled April 3, 1911.

Patented dan. 9,1912. serial No. sista Lai-ned, in the county of Pawnee and State i of Kansas, have invented new and useful Iinpioven'ients in U-Shaped Tiaclt-llastenings, o'tf which the .t`olltm'ing- 3` a specification'.

The present inventionrelates to rail fas- Ciete oi composite ties.

rlhc principal object is to provide f secure fastening ineans for the rail that will not weaken or injure the tie.

teners and is particularly intended tor con- A simple einbodinient ot the invention ,is

illustrated in the accompanying` drawing;j wherein Figure 1 is a plan View of a tie, showing the rails thereon secured by the improved means. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the saine. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tie plate. Fig. 41 is a bottoni plan View of one ot' vthe rail fasteners. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of the nut locli preferably employed. Fig. G is a sectional View on the line 6-6 ot' Fig. 1.

Siniilar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all the tigures of the drawings.

The tie is designated by the reference niiineral 7, and niay be of any desired construction and material, though preferably a concrete or composite tie. Located thereover, are the usual rails '8, and interposed between these rails and the tie, are tie plates 9, preferably of sheet metal. Each tie plate has its diagonally opposite corners 10 projecting beyond'the tie on opposite sides lof -the rail and a continuous U-shaped bolt 11 that 'diagonally' embraces the tie hasupstanding` end portions 12 passing through openings 13 in said projecting corners. Located on the upstanding ends are the ti'aelt or rail fasteners that aie in the forin of heads 141 provided with eccentrically disposed openings 15 that receive said ends of the U-bolt. The said heads have overhanging danges 1G that engage over the base flange of'the rail. By having the opening 15 eccentrieally disposed, it Will be evident that the iianges on the different sides Will be dis posed at diiieient distances from the end of the U-bolt on which the head is mounted. and therefore an adjustment can be secured which `Will insure a proper coaction between the head and the flange of the rail, it beine' only necessary to rotate the head until the side is biwught into position that properly eoacts with thc rail fiange. These fasteners are secured .in position preferably by nuts 1T threaded on to the ends 12 oft' the U-bolt. The nuts in turn are held against accidental displacement by locltinjrg,` strips 18 that are interposed between the nuts and headsl one .honig end of each lock being donf'nturned, as shown at 19 against one side of the head, While the other end 2O turned alongside the nut. r1 positive lock is thus seciired. llach tie plate 9 is furtl'ierniore preferably provided directly opposite theA fasteners with ii'itegral rail engaging hooks 21 that are disposed directly opposite the fastener 141-, as willbe clear by reference to Figs. 1 and 1n order to positively prevent the spreading; of the rails, the tie plates inay, if dee sircd, be connected by a bar 19 having its ends double, as shown at 20a, to enibiaee the odset inner sides of the tie plates. Bolts or rivets 23 secure the end of the bar to said portioni llurtherinore in order to prevent the inoveinent of the entire traclt longitudinally of the tie, hooks 24tinay be employed, `which as shown, engage over the ends oit the tie, and have their inner ends engaged beneath the outer sides o1 the tie plates7 as illustrated at 25, the said inner terminals ot these hoolrs being passed through openings 2G in the tie plates and upturned, as illustrated at Q7. i

lvl/lith this structure, it will be noted that While the rails are effectively fastened to the tie and are held against displacement, the tie .itself is a continuous body unuealtened by openings or reduced portions.

Frein the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and inany advantages oit the herein described invention will e appziirent to those skilled in the art, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and iniiioi` details of construction may be resorted to without departiiig,` frein the spirit or sacriany oi the advantages of the invention,

Haring thus fully described iny invention, what I elaiin as niemand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1, 1n a structure .of the character set forth, the combination of a tie, of a. rail lo-1 cated thereovei7 a tieplate interposed between the tie and rail and having diagonaliy opposite integral hooks that engage the opposite sides o the rail, and detachable rail engaging fastening means engaged with the rail and tie plate diiectl57 opposite the hooks, said fastening means embracing the tie.

2. In a structure of the character set forth, the comblnatlon Wlth a tie, of a rail l located thereoven'a tie plate interposed between the tie and rail and havlng dlag- Vonally opposite integral hooks that engage the opposite sides of the rail, a diagonally disposed substantially' U-shaped bolt embracing the tie and having its ends .passing through the tie plate on opposite sides of the rail. and directly opposite the hooks, and

rail engaging devices `detachabiy mounted on the ends of the bolt.

3.v In a structure of the character set` `jorth, the combination with a. tie, of tie my hand in presence of tWo subscribing 30- l witnesses.

Witnesses:

ALICE TICKELL, H. G. HOFMANN.

ALVUS H. MoFFnT. 

